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"Let's be clear: the deal to bring U.S. citizens home from Iran has nothing to do with the
horrific attack on Israel. Not a penny has been spent," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller
said Saturday.
Where did the $6 billion come from?
Five Americans who had been wrongfully detained in Iran were freed as part of a high-stakes deal between Iran and the Biden administration that included the transfer of $6 billion in Iranian oil assets that were held in a restricted account in South Korea.
South Korea owed Iran the money for oil it purchased before the Trump administration imposed sanctions on such transactions in 2019.
After Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, Republicans were quick to link, without evidence, the assault to the $6 billion in funds that were unfrozen as part of the prisoner swap between the U.S. and Iran.
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Where is the $6 billion now?
Treasury's top sanctions official Brian Nelson
said Saturday that the funds are still in restricted accounts in Qatar.
The Biden administration has insisted that the money would not be given directly to Iran and that it could only be used to fund Iran's purchases of humanitarian goods, such as food and medicine. Though Iran's president has said he would decide how to spend the previously frozen funds.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Sept. 13 that the funds that were moved to Qatar would have "more legal restrictions" than in South Korea and that the U.S. would have oversight about where the money is being spent.
"If Iran tries to divert the funds we'll take action, and we'll lock them up again," Kirby said.